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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

The Political Poet Poetry Competition Awards Winners Announced

The Political Poet
would like to thank everyone who submitted poems for the Poetry Month
Competition in Honor of Edgar Allan Poe. Many poems were entered, but only a
few could be chosen as finalists. We would like to remind poets having the
courage to submit poems makes you winners regardless of placing as finalists or
not. Honorable Mention/Finalists’ poems and bios will be posted throughout the
month of April. Prizes will be shipped by the end of April. Sadly, the amateur prize
could not be awarded because no amateur entries were received. To all the
fledging poets out there, you will never know if your poetry is good enough to
win unless you enter.

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About Me

An army brat, Frank started life a fat, bald baby resembling Buddha, and Okinawan women rubbed his belly for good luck. After his father’s retirement, they returned to Kentucky where he graduated from Campbell County High School an honor student. Next, he earned a Bachelor of Arts from Northern Kentucky University. Author of two short story collections, Raven Wings and 13 more Twisted Tales and Star Child and 13 More Twisted Tales, he’s, also, a published and recorded poet. He runs a blog called The Political Poet which offers free information about poems and writing poetry at the same time it encourages political action. The blog found at http://frankandpoe.blogspot.com/ features a free annual poetry contest attracting some of the top poets in the country. Frank boasts over 15 years experience as a journalist. He volunteered as a track and football coach for 7 years at the local public high scool where he was a substitute teacher. Almost being killed by Multiple Sclerosis in 1997, a survivor, he battled back from bed ridden, wheelchair, and walker to cane. He’s married with 3 children and 4 grand children.

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Please take a moment to check out the advertisements. I'm proud to be a free information web site. The advertisers support the web site.For your information, I have battled Multiple Sclerosis for over 13 years. Ten percent of any royalties I earn from my book, Raven Wings and 13 More Twisted Tales, are going to charities. Six percent are going specifically to MS charities. I know the economy is bad right now, and donations to charities are down. I ask everyone to remember their favorite charities in these times when they need donations the most.